The fashion exuded a similarly playful vibe with Stephanie Seymour arriving in a plunging Alexander McQueen dress adorned with fur pom-poms and China Chow opting for a spherically-shaped Viktor & Rolf frock. “I look like a black M&M with a bow on the back,” she exclaimed with obvious glee.

The mash-up of themes, dubbed by Pruitt as Po-Po-Mo, or “post-postmodern,” continued into dinner, where the University of Southern California marching band, the Go-Gos, and Mark Mothersbaugh performed, respectively, while bare-chested men in angel wings worked the spotlights. Between courses, guests including Owen Wilson, Miranda July, and Doug Aitken meandered through an expansive exhibit of clay animal figures fashioned by artist Urs Fischer and an army of 1,500 volunteers (Fischer’s retrospective and the night’s ostensible raison d’etre was also on display at the museum’s Grand Avenue location).